Day 89: Cabrito or Tacos de Canasta?
On their lunch break at a restaurant in Monterrey, Leonel (A), who is from Mexico City, is missing tacos de canasta, the small tacos sold from baskets in the capital, while his colleague Paola (B), from Monterrey, has ordered cabrito, the city's famous roast kid goat.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Oye, ¿aquí no hay tacos de canasta? Los extraño.
Hey, don't they have tacos de canasta here? I miss them.
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B
No pidas nada todavía. Primero prueba mi cabrito.
Don't order anything yet. Try my cabrito first.
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A
A ver, ¿me pasas la salsa verde?
Let's see, can you pass me the green salsa?
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B
¡No le pongas salsa! Pruébalo así, con tortilla de harina.
Don't put salsa on it! Try it as it is, with a flour tortilla.
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A
¡Mmm, está buenísimo! Yo comería cabrito cada domingo.
Mmm, it's delicious! I'd eat cabrito every Sunday.
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B
¿Cada domingo? Con lo que cuesta, entre semana comerías puros de canasta.
Every Sunday? At that price, you'd be living on tacos de canasta the rest of the week.
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